Individuals and events related to Turkey in 2021.
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April
- 4 April: A statement is issued by 104 admirals who retired from the Turkish Naval Forces, to warn about potential failure by the government to follow and obey the Montreux Convention, the Istanbul Canal project and Atatürk's principles and reforms.[22][23]
- 7 April: An NF-5 aircraft belonging to the Turkish Stars crashes due to an unknown reason during a training flight in the Karatay district of Konya. The pilot of the plane, Captain Burak Gençcelep, is killed.[24]
- 14 April: Beginning at 7 pm, a 2-week partial curfew starts to be enforced. Limitations are imposed as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in many areas, with curfew restrictions added to cover the entire weekend and between 7 pm - 5 am on weekdays.[25]
- 29 April: A full closure is announced starting from 29 April at 7 pm until 17 May at 5 am. Education is suspended at all levels and exams were postponed. It is announced that intercity public transport vehicles will operate at 50% capacity. It is also announced that markets will be closed on Sundays.[26]
June
- 4 June: Erdoğan announces the discovery of 135 billion m3 of natural gas in the Black Sea.[27]
August
- 6 August: The minister of national education Ziya Selçuk resigns and is replaced by Mahmut Özer.
- 11 August
- 14 August: General Directorate of Forestry announced that a firefighting plane rented from Russia crashed in Kahramanmaraş. All the crew, consisting of 3 Turkish and 5 Russian citizens, are killed.[31][32]
November
- 29–30 November: Due to the severe storm that occurred in the Marmara, Aegean and Western Black Sea regions, 7 people lost their lives and more than 50 people were injured.[36]